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<blockquote data-quote="Dave" data-source="post: 1652336" data-attributes="member: 498"><p>I have never raised my own bulls. But for years I bought bulls from a 400 cow commercial guy who raised a few bulls as a side line. They had been retaining ownership for years. They shot for a 3/4 Angus, 1/4 Simm going to the feedlot. It is a lot of work to maintain that mix. As a result they had a herd of straight Angus which they bred to full blood Simm. That is where their replacements came from. They then bred those half bloods to a pure Angus bull to get their desired mix. </p><p>Every year they retained 12 purebred Angus bulls and 12 Simm/Angus bulls (1/4, 3/4) for sale. A good percent of the Angus bulls were AI bred calves. I primarily bought the cross bred bulls. I used them on my box of crayons sale yard cows. I was always very pleased with the results. I know there was one stretch of 4 years where my steers averaged over 700 pounds coming off the cows. That was February calves coming off the cows in early October. No creep, just grass and milk.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dave, post: 1652336, member: 498"] I have never raised my own bulls. But for years I bought bulls from a 400 cow commercial guy who raised a few bulls as a side line. They had been retaining ownership for years. They shot for a 3/4 Angus, 1/4 Simm going to the feedlot. It is a lot of work to maintain that mix. As a result they had a herd of straight Angus which they bred to full blood Simm. That is where their replacements came from. They then bred those half bloods to a pure Angus bull to get their desired mix. Every year they retained 12 purebred Angus bulls and 12 Simm/Angus bulls (1/4, 3/4) for sale. A good percent of the Angus bulls were AI bred calves. I primarily bought the cross bred bulls. I used them on my box of crayons sale yard cows. I was always very pleased with the results. I know there was one stretch of 4 years where my steers averaged over 700 pounds coming off the cows. That was February calves coming off the cows in early October. No creep, just grass and milk. [/QUOTE]
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